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Champagne Open 2018

Reims · 8 September 2018 · 15 events · 105 competitors · 166 personal bests

Abdelhak Kaddour won four of the 15 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Elian Beguec by 0.19 seconds. 105 competitors produced 166 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Hugo Spitz set the 3×3 one-handed average continental record: 11.30.

Four wins
Abdelhak Kaddour — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.19s
closest final — 2×2, Elian Beguec over Juliette Sébastien
166
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexandre Carlier6.807.53
2×2Elian Beguec1.472.20
4×4Abdelhak Kaddour28.9230.42
5×5Abdelhak Kaddour50.6455.17
6×6Abdelhak Kaddour1:42.631:45.82
7×7Abdelhak Kaddour2:21.502:32.34
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin24.99—
3×3 Fewest MovesAlexandre Carlier32 moves—
3×3 one-handedHugo Spitz11.3011.81
MegaminxVictor Wijsman43.0244.17
PyraminxJules Desjardin1.932.78
SkewbMaxence Baudry2.643.04
4×4 blindfoldedArthur Garcin3:42.56—
5×5 blindfoldedArthur Garcin11:22.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindMaxime Clapié20 of 22 cubes · 58:06—

The PB harvest

166 set · 33 still standing
  • Louis Sarthou — 3×3 single 8.29: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Maxime Clapié — 3×3 blindfolded single 31.55: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • Jérémy Adam — 3×3 single 9.74: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Le Flanchec — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Maillard — 3×3 single 9.94: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Noé Mode — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Quentin Bourgeois — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Matteo Chancerel — 3×3 blindfolded single 50.18: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

105 competitors · 848 results · 15 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Alexandre Carlier won it with a 7.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1D2 R U2 B2 L' F2 R' U2 L' D2 B L F D U' B R U' B2 U'
  2. 2L2 B2 L' D2 F B' D F L' B R2 U2 R2 U' R2 F2 B2 U' F2 D2
  3. 3R2 B F D2 B' U2 B' D' B2 D U L D L U L D L2
  4. 4R2 F' R L' F R' F' B' D' L2 F U' F2 D L2 B2 R2 L2
  5. 5B L2 U R B2 R D L' F D2 F2 U R2 D' F2 R2 B2 U2 F2 B2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

105 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.